Dear Friends of the Forest, 11 months ago we were opening the first IFTDays. Somewhat nervous, but driven by a need to arrange this gathering of people. A year later, we are still somewhat nervous but something is different. We have experienced how this community carries. Our team has grown from two stressed out womenContinue reading “Opening words of IFTDays 2019”
Monthly Archives: October 2019
Thoughts & ideas after BOS+Badweekend
My tent is still drying in the veranda as I am writing this. This past weekend I got to take part in the event supported and funded by BOS+ (my favourite forest advocate organisation in Flanders) and CM (my favourite health insurance provider in Flanders). The concept of the weekend was to offer people different kindsContinue reading “Thoughts & ideas after BOS+Badweekend”
Forest Bathing Pocket book – Zakboek voor het bosbaden
Stapschoenen aan en het bos in trekken. Even tot rust komen in de natuur. Het is een efficiënte manier om te ontspannen in deze stressvolle tijden. Hoe langer, hoe meer ontdekken wetenschappers wat bosfans al langer intuïtief aanvoelden: het bos is goed voor je! De natuurlijke stoffen die je binnenkrijgt tijdens een boswandeling maken jeContinue reading “Forest Bathing Pocket book – Zakboek voor het bosbaden”
How the wild child can save nature
Some weeks ago the biggest nature organisation in Flanders, Natuurpunt, shared an article that was titled “How the wild child can save nature” (Hoe het wilde kind de natuur kan redden). It got me thinking about how there´s still a knowledge gap between what we well-meaning adults think our children need and what they actuallyContinue reading “How the wild child can save nature”
NatureMinded 